Page 12 - Air Mobility Command News Today

This November 27, Marty Kauchak, MS&T editor completed a brief, but wide-ranging, interview with Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, Commander, Air Education and Training. The content from the interview follows.

Agile Defense has booked a potential $1.01 billion Defense Information Systems Agency single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the Joint Interoperability Test Command. Under the award, Agile Defense will deliver test and evaluation planning, results reporting and data collection and analysis services to assist the command with a range of functional areas, the Reston, Virginia-based contractor announced on Tuesday.

Capt. Carlos Mendoza and Staff Sgt. Morgan Reed received Bronze Stars at a ceremony earlier this month for their heroics following a deadly suicide bombing outside Afghanistan’s Kabul airport in August 2021.

The long-established private aerial refueling services company completed the first aerial refueling of USAF fighters in a potentially precedent-setting exercise.

The announcement marks the largest batch of awards to date for the airmen who participated in Operation Allies Refuge.

This programs makes it possible for military kids to add a new book their library and share story time with loved ones.

The latest awards include a total of 229 Air Medals, 98 Meritorious Service Medals, eight Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Bronze Star Medals.

The announcement marks the largest batch of awards to date for the airmen who participated in Operation Allies Refuge.

The four “tyrannies”— distance, water, time, and scale —complicate logistics, and when combined, undermine deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

The Air Force will give more than 300 awards for participation in the massive air evacuation of Americans during the Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021.